Boredom?

There are days in retirement when I have no specific tasks or plans. These are the days when boredom and misery creep in. During working life, having a complete day with no targets or urgent matters to complete sounded idyllic but in reality, I don’t find that the case. I usually have a “to do” list on the go so days of idleness are in short supply. Maybe that explains why, when such days occur, I feel lost and yearn once again for a purpose. Equally, when the “to do” list seems endless, worries creep in that I will never complete the list.

There are always tasks that haven’t been committed to paper ( or more accurately to the computer). What about all that paperwork that needs sorting? Or the Christmas card list that needs pruning? Or the gardening that is interminable – how can I keep on top of those weeds? Have I decided what to grow next year? Have I ordered the spring bulbs? When did we last sort out the office, especially now that it is used much less frequently? Indeed, should that room be changed to a small single bedroom once again, perhaps to accommodate a visiting grandchild? Should the bookshelves be reorganised as they are looking rather overcrowded? But I am a hoarder and cannot bear to give away any of my precious reading material. Anyway, my books are part of the decor as much as the pictures on the walls.
Having created a new list by reminding myself of all those jobs that are lurking, perhaps I have solved my own problem and days of boredom, without specific tasks are no longer a concern.